Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 19:8
American Standard Version
And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
Amplified® Bible
And I will make this city an astonishment {and} a horror and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues {and} disasters.
Contemporary English Version
I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, and every passerby will be shocked and horrified and will make insulting remarks.
Darby English Version
And I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing; every one that passeth by shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
Good News Bible
I will bring such terrible destruction on this city that everyone who passes by will be shocked and amazed.
King James Version
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
New American Standard Bible
"I will also make this city a desolation and an {object of} hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.
New International Version
I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.
New King James Version
I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will feel astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.
Revised Standard Version
And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
Young's Literal Translation
and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.
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